Clues from ancient texts guided European archaeologists in their long search for Bubastis, sacred to the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet. Copper statue of the cat goddess Bastet. Eighth to fourth ...

Archaeologists discover secret behind why we keep cats as pets. Temples dedicated to Egyptian goddess Bastet have been found around vast ancient arable lands ...

Bastet’s essential transformation, which Historia says took place around 3,000 years ago, saw the gentle warrior goddess go from woman with the head of a lioness to full-blown domesticated cat.

Egypt said Tuesday that its archaeologists have unearthed a Ptolemaic-era temple dating back more than 2,000 years, that may have been dedicated to the ancient cat goddess, Bastet.